A summer dinner dance will take place Sat June 14 at American Legion Post 197, 128 East Hampton Rd, East Hampton, CT. A cocktail hour will start at 6pm followed by dinner at 7pm. The band 302 East St will play from 8pm-midnight. Th event is open to the public. Tickets are $17 each and are available at the legion.
The Joseph N. Goff House has announced its 10th Gazebo Music Series. These concerts take place on four Thursday evenings in the summer at the Gazebo in East Hampton's Old Village Center from 6:30-8:30 pm. This years line up includes: June 26 Gail Wade & Turning Point: Acoustic mix of Blues, Bluegrass, Folk & Swing. July 3 MacTalla Mor: Celtic Fusion. July 17 Vince Thompson:Country, Swing, Americana. July 24 Island Girl and the beach Bums: Tropical Music with Steel Drums. While the concerts are free, donations for the Joseph N. Goff House project are solicited from the audience during intermissions. Beverages and snacks will be sold by area organizations.
The Chatham Historical Society of East Hampton will have an Open House on Sunday June 1 from 2-4pm. Both the museum and 1840 one room schoolhouse on Bevin Blvd will be open to the public. There is never any admission charge. The society is operated by a small group of volunteers with the sole purpose of displaying East Hampton artifacts from years ago for the public to enjoy.
The Village Lions Club is offering you a chance to enjoy an evening at sea aboard Norwegian Cruise Lines-SPIRIT. Leaving from New York City, sat, Sept 13 and returning Sun Sept 14, you can take in all a cruise ship has to offer, from dining in your choice of restaurant to dancing in one of the many lounges. Also available will be a full casino and shops. Price per person is $197.50 and includes your room, dining and entertainment. Casino and drinks are extra. A portion of all proceeds will go towards Village Lions Charities. Call Tom at 267-6642 or 860-638-7781 for details.
The Goff House, 2 Barton ill Rd, east Hampton, CT, is offering a summer six week session of Children's Happy Notes beginning Friday, June 13 from 9:15-10am. This music program, for children ages 6 months to 4 years, is taught by Kathye Flanagan. This 6 week session is designed for children to play, create, learn and have lots of fun with music. Space is limited. For more information and to register, contact Flanagan at 267-7472 or kathyeflngn@yahoo.com.
East Hampton artist Elizabeth Sennett, who works in watercolor and oil painting, is having her works exhibited at the Gilded Edge Custom framing and gallery, 20 Hartford Rd, Salem, from now through May 24. For over 40 years, Sennett has depicted New England landscapes, flower gardens and floral still lifes. The Guilded Edge is exhibiting 18 of her paintings and 20 of her matted prints. For more information, call 860-889-4903 or visit www.theguildededge.com
Youth and Family Services will have a Creative Wellness Weekend for Women, Saturday June 28 from 8:30am-8:30pm. Attendees can participate in workshops that feature an emphasis on their physical and emotional health. Cost is $120 (light breakfast and dinner included) and $125 for out of town residents (scholarships available). or more information, contact Wendy Reagan, at East Hampton Youth & Family Services, at 267-9982
The Chatham Historical Society has a new souvenir tea bell for sale. The bell features the 1791 Comstock Bridge which spans the Salmon River between East Hampton and Colchester. The bells costs $3 each and can be purchased at the East Hampton Town Hall, Library and the Village Merchant.
The East Hampton Belltown Garden Club is gearing up for its annual May Plant sale (combined with the Open Market, on May 24 in downtown East Hampton), and club members are looking for community members to again take advantage of our "Dig-N-Donate" campaign. Tell the club where to dig and it will bring the "muscle". All plants, shrubs, etc., will be potted and sold as part of our fundrasing efforts for the club. Call Hollye Thomas and find out how to help. Leave a message at 860-992-5817.
The East Hampton Soccer Club will hold tryouts for the fall travel soccer league on Monday June 2, on the west field of the high school. Tryouts will begin at 6pm. All interested 1st, 2nd & 3rd graders should bring a water bottle, shin gaurds, a ball and a parent/gaurdian who can sign a permission slip. Anyone interested in trying out for an existing team should also attend. For more information, call Diane Rushin at 267-6986. Adults interested in coaching a new team should also contact Rushin.
The East Hampton Junior Women's Club is hosting a babysitters social on Sat May 31 from from 10am-noon at the Community Room of East Hampton Library, 105 Main St, East Hampton, CT. This open house setting give parents looking for potential babysitters, the opportunity to meet and speak with recent graduates of the Red Cross babysitting course. The social will also give babysitters an opportunity to make connections with interested families. If you are a certified or soon to be certified babysitter between the ages of 11 1/2 and 18 looking for new client families, call Irene at 267-7266 to register.
Brave Girls, Strong Women, a summer career exploration program for girls in grades 4th and up, will be offered this summer. Sponsored by East Hampton Youth & Family Services, the program runs Tues-Thurs, from July 8-Aug 14. Through a variety of creative experiences, field trips and speakers, we are encouraging girls to become confident, healthy & happy. For more information, call Wendy at 267-9982. Registration is limited to 15 girls per week.
The Chatham Health District is having a Community screening Project through the month of May for Stroke Prevention and Awareness. There will be screenings happening at different times this month in the five towns the health district covers: East Haddam, East Hampton, Hebron, Portland and Marlborough. At these screenings, risk assessments will be done by VNA, educational materials will be given out and a speaker will be present. These programs are free to the public. For more information on screening sites, call the Chatham health district at 342-6756 or 1-888-4-STROKE ( 1-888-478-7653).
The Spring Giveaway will be held Sat, May 17 from 8am-2pm at the East Hampton Bible Church, 22 Midwood farm Rd, East Hampton, CT. Everything is free and all are welcome to stop by rain or shine. We will be accepting donations of like new quality clothes and small household items on Wed May 14 & Thurs May 15 from 9:30 -2:30 at the church. Call Barbara for more information at 267-9753.
The Haddam Neck Congregational Church will hold a plant sale at the Haddam Neck fair Hall on Saturday, may 17 from 8am-noon. Come early for best choices in perennials and annuals as well as many plants dug up from yards. There is no better time than now to get those yards looking in tip top shape! Enjoy the weather and beautify our earth!
On sat May 10, the postal workers from the East Hampton Post Office will participate in the larges one day food drive in the nation. Proceeds will benefit the local food bank. Donations of non-perishable items may be left in or near your mailbox or brought to the lobby of the East Hampton Post Office, east Hampton, CT.
The East Hampton Chatham Historical Society will sponsor a Town Wide tag Sale, Saturday June 14 from 8am-2pm. The rain date will be June 21. The cost is $15 to be put on the tag sale map. Applications are available at the East Hampton Town Hall and Eats Hampton Public Library and must be received by May 31. Applications can also be downloaded from www.chathamhistoricalsocietyct.blogspot.com. For more information, call 267-8953
The East Hampton Old Home Day Committee has announced its special 30th Anniversary Raffle. The grand prize for this raffle is 4 loge seat tickets to see the Boston Red Sox battle the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium at 7:05pm on Tues Aug 27. Included with the tickets is a limousine ride to and from the game with door-to-door service (door to door service must be within 20 miles of East Hampton). Tickets are $10 each and can be purchased from an Old Home Day Committee member. Only 1000 tickets will be sold. The East Hampton Old Home Day Committee thanks John Tuttle for donating these tickets.
The Poduim Players will present Murder in the House of Horrors on may 2 and 3 at 7:30pm and on May 4 at 2pm at the Joseph N. Goff House, 2 Barton Hill Rd, East Hampton, CT. The play, written by Billy St. John, is set in a lecture hall in a museum with an exhibit from an archaeological expedition to Egypt. When the lights go out and a murder is committed, solving the crime becomes a farcical whodunit. With the audience members' help, the police detective (Michael Langlois of Marlborough) unravels the mystery. The cast of suspects includes Matt McClimas, pat and Roy Gauthier , Thom and Kim Cordeiro, Maggie Jackson, Dwight Brazal, Scott Ironfield, Meredith Shaw and Lita Rarey, all from East Hampton, Don Bourret of Durham, Denise Shultzman of Groton and Melissa Seidl and Allison Lindsay of ...
On Sun April 27, the Belltown Antique Car Club (BACC) will hold its 34th annual Gas & Steam Engine Show at the former Firemen's Grounds, Route 16, Salmon River State Forest, East Hampton, CT. On display will be many examples of the engines that powered early sawmills, lathes, farm equipment and even washing machines. There will also be an exhibit of farm tractors and equipment. many of these machines have been lovingly restored and will be running during the day. Trophies will be awarded to the finest examples of those engines. Judging will be from noon-3pm with trophies awarded shortly after 3pm. Admission is $3. Food will be available at the field. No bicycles or pets. For more information, visit www.belltownantiquecarclub.
